Making Assets out of a Liability

Bio: Mr. Vandertulip has more than 39 years of experience in recycled water pump, storage and distribution systems; wastewater collection and pumping and program management. He recently served as technical director for the 2012 Update of EPA Guidelines for Water Reuse. Mr. Vandertulip is an active member of WEF, AWWA, and WRA. He is immediate past-Chair, WEF Water Reuse Committee; member, WEF Municipal Wastewater Treatment Committee, WRA- Texas Section Past-President, Co-Chair WateReuse Symposium (08, 09, 10), and Chair, Ad Hoc WRA Graywater Policy Committee.

Education: BSCE-Univ. of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 1973 MS Sanitary Engineering, UTEP, 1975 Graduate Studies in Public Health, US Army/Tulane Univ, 1975

Key Publications: 2012 EPA Guidelines for Water Reuse-Technical Director 2004 EPA guidelines for Water Reuse-Technical Reviewer WEF MOP 8, Contributing Author Chapter 2/5, 2009 AWWA M-24 Planning for the Distribution of Reclaimed Water, Chapter 4, 2009 Over seventy papers/presentations at technical conferences in recent years including national webcast, international conferences and peer review journals.

Other Publications: -IDA Journal, Desalination and Water Reuse. Volume 2, No. 2 (Second Quarter 2010) “Are Reuse Quality Standards Too High, or Are Potable Water Quality Standards Too Lax?” -World Water: Water Reuse and Desalination, Winter 2011 “New Water Reuse Guidelines to Share Global Lessons” -World Water: Water Reuse and Desalination, Spring 2013 "Pipe Color for Public Health Protection"

Past Assignments: -ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Nov 2012 “Reclaimed Water Quality Requirements for Electric Utilities.” -Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service Water School “Reclaimed Water-Hot Topics for Expanding Our Water Resources”, Oct 2012 -WRA Webcast "Exploring New Themes in the 2012 EPA Guidelines" Sept 2012 -WEFTEC 2012 “Are ASTM Standards a Solution to the Pipe Color Code Issue?” Oct 2012 -AWWA-ACE 2012 “First Texas MBR Satellite Plant Reduces Aquifer Demands” June 2012

Bio: Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology

Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Ph.D. (1988) Civil Engineering. University of California, San Diego, CA; M.S. (1977) Engineering Sciences. Thesis title: "Turbulence Measurements of a Two-Dimensional Helium Jet in a Moving Airstream". Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.; B.S. (1974) Engineering

Key Publications: Anderson, P.; Meng, Yi (2011) “Assessing Opportunities for Municipal Wastewater Reuse in the Metropolitan Chicago Area” ” ISTC Report TR-047, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Urbana, IL. This document is available at the IST web site www.istc.illinois.edu. Anderson, P.R.; Huang, S.; Zhu, J.; Bounds, D.G.; Rembold, M. (2010) Water Reuse: Feasibility study for the MWRDGC Kirie Water Reclamation Plant. Final report to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Great Chicago, a collaborative study between the Illinois Institute of Technology and CDM, Inc. Anderson, P. (2010) “Estimating the Hydrologic Footprint of the Caterpillar Facility in Montgomery, IL” ISTC Report TR-045, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Urbana, IL. This document is available at the IST web site www.istc.illinois.edu.

Bio: Abby is an associate for the water supply management and stormwater mitigation programs at the Metropolitan Planning Council, where she focuses primarily on environmental planning with an emphasis on water resources policy, planning and management. Some of her current work includes providing technical assistance on interjurisdictional water supply coordination to the Northwest Water Planning Alliance and the DuPage Water Commission, managing content and outreach for the What Our Water’s Worth campaign, coordinating neighborhood-scale green infrastructure projects, and conducting research on stormwater management incentive programs.

Education: Master's in urban planning & policy, University of Illinois at Chicago Bachelor's in law, letters & society, University of Chicago

Past Assignments: Presented at the following: Illinois Section American Water Works Association webinar and workshops Illinois Water Conference Illinois Chapter American Planning Association Conference Chicago Wilderness Congress Illinois Municipal League Conference GreenTown Highland Park UIC Urban Innovation Symposium Guest lectured at: Roosevelt University University of Illinois at Chicago

Bio: King County Wastewater Treatment Division Compreehensive Planning Group Supervisor. The Comprehensive Planning Group is responsible for manging all capital and comprehensive planning projects for the Wastewater Treatment Division.

Education: B.A. Anthropology - Washington State University '83 Masters of Urban Planning - University of Washington '85

Bio: Director of Economic Development and Planning for the Village of Park Forest, IL for the past eight years. Prior to coming to Park Forest, held a similar position in the Village of Matteson, IL. Also worked for the City of Georgetown TX for 13 years as a planner.

Education: A.B. from Mount Holyoke College M.U.P. from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign